GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| facade | the front of a building |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |